Travis Pick Guitar In 3 SIMPLE Steps!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Tablature for examples I play in this video can be found here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/travis-picking-guitar-3-step-strategy

[@mason87104]

Great lesson, with tab - thank you!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are most welcome Jeff! Thanks for watching :)

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Really groovy those Travis picking patterns ---never really got them down --till now ----superb on screen TABS --they help enormously !---thankyou

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Glad to hear the tablature helps :)

[@scottsnet]

Freight Train, the masterpiece! Love this lesson Simon.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Glad you like the lesson arrownet! :)

[@russcali4138]

Excellent lesson !

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Glad you think so Russ :)

[@BrendaDHocutt-zc1rd]

Explaining so well

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Glad you understood the video @BrendaDHocutt-zc1rd :)

[@koontzman123]

Thank you, excellent recommendation to this lesson.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@koontzman123, you are very welcome! Gald you liked the lesson :)

[@gnoll1812]

Dust in the Wind is another great one

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Yes, although that is an example of a song that uses the Travis Picking pattern as opposed to a Travis Picking song. If you are not sure of what the difference is, I did a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqinpqpplqegj6s

[@douglasholdenjr.45]

I look forward to this lesson...tomorrow. 1:35 am in South Florida!!!😂😂 I do love your lessons and channel, brother!!! I always learn alot!!! Thank you, Sir, & God bless!!!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are very welcome Douglas! Yes, being in Australia I am always ahead in time, and by a lot if you are in Florida :) Hope you enjoy the lesson :)

[@douglasholdenjr.45]

@@acousticguitarlessons Thank you, Sir!!! I enjoy all of your lessons.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@@douglasholdenjr.45 great to hear! :)

[@mookytc]

Excellent thank you. Congrats on 10K subscribers Simon. - Dave

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Thank you Dave! I appreciate it :) Onwards and Upwards!

[@stuartarnold4495]

Been trying to play “mr sandman” like Chet Atkins on and of for months. I should have started with this lesson. Thank you Simon.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are welcome Stuart! Great tune "Mr Sandman" and certainly challenging to play :)

[@jamesyoxall769]

you've put 2 on the D string A7 Chord should that be open string

[@dieselman7453]

Great lesson my man I’m trying to get this style down this past year I want to break my maton against a wall 😄😄but I won’t bro 😀it’s a frustrating style to Learn especially when u can play guitar it’s so different I use Fred Kelly picks !! Thanks man more lessons like this would be great !! Thank you your work is much appreciated!! Brian Ireland 🇮🇪 thanks

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are very welcome Brian! :) I am so glad you like the lesson. I also use Fred Kelly picks. I am using one in this video. I also use the Bumble Bess which are great! And yes, it can be frustrating at first trying to travis pick, but if you keep at it, and take things slowly, you will get there. It is all about creating the independence between your thumb and 3 fingers. This is the key! You might find this video where I provide a very detailed way of developing this independence in the context of Travis Picking helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqWdGR3eMxqY8k

[@dieselman7453]

Thanks so much for your reply I’m working on babys coming home at the min I have it half off !! But it needs a lot of attention getting the melody and bass solid !! I do follow joe Robinson he’s an Australian guy I’m sure you know of him !! Anyway thanks again I’ll be watching out for more videos and I’ll check out the one you recommended!! A lesson on baby’s coming home would be great your a good teacher !! We’re I live in rural Ireland there’s nobody that plays this style !! Take care!! Brian Ireland 🇮🇪🎸🎸🎸

[@ThefrenchFranz]

Hi Simon, thank you very much for these lessons you kindly share with us clumsy starters ;-) I also downloaded a pdf from another lesson of yours (can't remember which one...) : _"How to improve your acoustic solos by using these 5 cool and easy tricks"_ and it is great great stuff! It will take me a couple of months to understand and practice this! but it sure will "dramatically improve my knowledge of the fretboard", as you put it. As for this very lesson, it took me about two weeks to reach the 10th minute (time to master the bass...), and now I wonder if the tab on the bottom is accurate : you write E7 and do play an E7, but you seem to play the D string open (I think I hear it, and the video shows your ring finger lifted up) whereas the tab shows "second fret", at 11:41 for exemple... am I mistaken somewhere? It is not really important musically but I wish it get it right, from the start. Thanks very much for caring!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Hi Franz, thanks for dropping by and glad you like the lesson :) You are correct, I am playing an E7 chord even though the tablature says E with the 2nd fretted note on the 4th string. That is a typo :)

[@tjstevens001]

Don't forget The one and only Doyle Dykes!

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Yes, absolutely! Doyle Dykes is incredible!

[@jamesyoxall769]

sorry I meant on the E7 SHOULD IT BE OPEN STRING ON D STRING good stuff by the way

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@jamesyoxall769, glad you liked the lesson. Yes, I night have made a typo there so thanks for pointing it out :)

[@sandrabowman4144]

Good guitar lesson, but did you know that Merle actually only used 2 fing we s to Plat, Thumb and Index finger

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@sandrabowman4144, indeed he did :)

[@Welinwms]

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[@Welinwms]

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[@tuna22lm]

For some reason I find this very difficult to follow, trying to see what your right hand and left hand are doing plus trying to follow it on the tablature all at the same time. I tried watching just one hand left or right plus trying to follow the tablature, still difficult. Try zooming on either hand go real slow at first then speed up, then the next hand same thing. And on the tablature if you had a coloured dot or bar that would follow along with every note or set of notes would make it a lot simpler to follow I have seen other instructors on other sites do it that way. Makes it way easier to follow. I hope I haven't offended you I really do like your teaching and will continue to follow you, I do like the way you teach though, maybe it is just me, I will also follow you on Facebook as well, I don't have Twitter.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Haven't offended me at all Leslie :) I am assuming you are not trying to play along with any of this stuff in real time. You really need to break it down beat by beat. If you are trying to play along with me, and follow both hands, and the tab etc you're trying to do too much at once. If you are pretty new to Travis Picking, I would recommend this video first where I break down the actual technique in detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGqWdGR3eMxqY8k

[@tuna22lm]

@@acousticguitarlessons thank you. I have my own issues, I have ADD I can't remember what I see,read,or hear, I only remember by touching, doing,and feeling with my fingers /hands so it is very difficult for me and the blues is actually the only music that makes me feel good and want to move and I would love to be able to play the blues but I can't afford an instructor or pay for lessons my pension doesn't allow for that. That is why I am trying to find something online but no luck so far I have looked at dozens of sites that could play along with but no luck so far. I do want to thank you for your help though.